Sunday, July 16, 2017

Tilt

Tilt

Two statues
carved smooth
from settled marble,
layered in seasons,
shaped to interlock
but apart,
held vertical
by gravity
from Earth
and horizontally
by each other.
Cracking,
their foundations 
tilt.

-Robert L. Jackson III


A picture of a Nathan Sawaya Lego sculpture from the Art of the Bricks exhibit.


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15 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue SkyJuly 16, 2017 at 8:16 AM

    They do sound precarious, leaning on each other. Nice to see you, Rob.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 16, 2017 at 8:31 AM

    lovely balance to these lines and just a touch of the precarious

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  3. annell4July 16, 2017 at 8:55 AM

    The image is as interesting as your write, I am thinking of Klimt. I saw his golden woman in NY. An interesting artist.

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  4. indybevJuly 16, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Yes, it IS a bit reminiscent of Klimt.

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  5. DonnaJuly 16, 2017 at 11:34 AM

    Loved how your words mirrored and painted the images of tilt.

    Donna@LivingFromHappiness

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  6. Sanaa RizviJuly 16, 2017 at 1:21 PM

    Brilliant write!

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  7. brudbergJuly 16, 2017 at 2:04 PM

    I think that marble will feel the gravity.

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  8. ZQJuly 16, 2017 at 2:31 PM

    That was awesome!
    ZQ

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  9. ✿July 16, 2017 at 3:38 PM

    I can feel the last three lines.

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  10. Wendy BourkeJuly 16, 2017 at 6:33 PM

    Some great wordsmithing in this wonderfully constructed extended - and nuanced - metaphor.

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  11. ThotpurgeJuly 16, 2017 at 6:33 PM

    Reminds me of Klimt as well...I loved the idea of how they are held up together..cracking together...

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  12. Gillena CoxJuly 16, 2017 at 10:04 PM

    Though you expressed two,i pictured the tilt of the Eiffel Tower, the idea and the artist, coming alive, held together by gravity

    Lively discussion in your poem, of art becoming.

    Much love...

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  13. MaryJuly 17, 2017 at 5:58 AM

    Quite a visual...klimptish profundity.

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  14. colleenJuly 17, 2017 at 9:06 AM

    Nice ekphrastic piece. It hangs on my wall and a friend thought it was a parrot!

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  15. JulianJuly 17, 2017 at 11:15 AM

    Good read here.

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